Yfiles graphbuilder

Skill yWorks/yfiles-for-html-skills/skills/yfiles-graphbuilder

Comprehensive Claude Code plugin for yFiles for HTML development - includes skills for initialization, graph building, layouts, custom styling, and interactive features

Install

npx -y skills add yWorks/yfiles-for-html-skills --skill yfiles-graphbuilder

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This skill should be used when the user asks to "build a graph from data", "load data into a graph", "import JSON into yFiles", "create nodes from an array", "use GraphBuilder", or mentions "data to graph", "import data", "business data", "GraphBuilder", "TreeBuilder", or "AdjacencyGraphBuilder".

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Build Graphs from Data

Convert business data into graph visualizations using the GraphBuilder API.

Before Building

Always query the yFiles MCP for current API:

yfiles:yfiles_get_symbol_details(name="GraphBuilder")
yfiles:yfiles_search_documentation(query="GraphBuilder tutorial")

Quick Start

import { GraphBuilder } from '@yfiles/yfiles'

const builder = new GraphBuilder(graph)
builder.createNodesSource({ data: nodesData, id: 'id' })
builder.createEdgesSource({
  data: edgesData,
  id: 'id',
  sourceId: 'source',
  targetId: 'target'
})
builder.buildGraph()

Key Concepts

Data stays in tags: Original data objects are stored in element.tag after build
ID mapping: Use field name strings or accessor functions for id, sourceId, targetId
Build order: Groups → nodes → edges (groups must exist before their children)
Provider functions: Compute styles, labels, and layouts from data at build time
updateGraph(): Incrementally updates an existing graph instead of rebuilding from scratch

Important: Never directly assign to readonly properties like node.layout, edge.sourceNode, or edge.targetNode. Use IGraph methods instead (e.g., graph.setNodeLayout(), graph.setEdgePorts()). The @yfiles/eslint-plugin rule @yfiles/suggest-setter-methods warns about these mistakes.

After Building

Apply a layout to position the nodes:

/yfiles-layout

Additional Resources

references/patterns.md — Node/edge creation, custom styles from data, labels, node positioning, updating graphs
references/advanced.md — Group nodes, ports and bends, TreeBuilder, AdjacencyGraphBuilder
references/examples.md — Complete working code examples